The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-28
FLORIDA.

j. b. McEiwain is going to erect hand
some 81, 900 residence at DeFunlak Springs
in the near future
AT Fairbanks the residence owned by the
Shaw Bros, of Chicago, and recently va
Gated by Dr. A. S. Dana, was burned
Friday.
The schooner Lucy Wheatley has arrived
in Palatka with 500 tons Of railroad iron foi
the Orange Belt line. There are 1000 tons
now on the way for the same road.
The train employees on the Atlantic ane
Western railway are on duty from a. m
10 D. M, or fourteen hours every day
They are handling considerable freight.
Bradford county seems to be booming
The cotton crop was unusually successful
this year, and the orange crop fair one
The sugar cane crop was immense, and
farmers have not had much bad luck with
stock this fall.
The receipts of the ball of the Gainesville
Guards were Sl06. Although it was not
given for speculation, the boys came out
about $50 ahead Socially and otherwise,
it was certainly the most successful ball
ever given in Gainesville.
The decision in the case of w. M. Knox
VS.. L. Montgomery, for libel, tried two
years ago in the Circuit Court in Alachua
county, in which judgment for $1,000 was
obtained, was reversed this week by a de-
cision of the Supreme Court.
At Pensacola, Thursday, Willie, ID year
old son of r, f. Wells, fell from dray near
his fathers residence, on West Hill, and
broke one of his arms above the elbow.
| The attending physicians say the elbow
joint is badly shattered, and one of them
thinks the arm may be stiff for the re-
mainder of the little fellows life.
Thursday afternoon, as Rufus McNair was
using the turning lathe at the Lakeside Va.
riety Works at Madison, the piece of timber
| being operated upon became detached from
its fastenings, and flying through the air at
terrific speed, struck Mr.. McNair on the
nose, knocking him down and breaking the
| bridge of that member of the face.
Ex-senator Charles w. Jones has some
millionaire half-sisters in the West Indies.
Their name is also Jones' Mr. Jones' father
was a surgeon III the British army. His
second son, John, who is an assistant in the
National Library at Washington, is now
with his father at Detroit, where he will
remain, pending the completion of arrange
ments looking to the relief of the ex-Sena-
! tor
A Meridian gentleman, an Episcopal
clergyman, who has been in Pensacola for
| several days past, has purchased for the
sum of $1,000 the brick residence on West
Belmont street near Padafox. Intending to
reside in Pensacola he will use the purchase
as his dwelling. He intends investing largely
! also in unimproved property on the East
and West Hills, and in the neighborhood of
Mr.. Stoddard's residence. He will also
either take stock in the Pensacola, Gulf,
Land and Development Company or pur-
chase from the company large tract of
their land
Cedar Key Wen: An amusing, yet serious
incident occurred Tuesday night, when a
bear chased Wolfe into a Berry good
hiding place One of Bradshaws bears got
loose during the night and meeting Mr..
Wolfe gave chase. Mr. Wolfe gladly gave
the right of way, and fed to the nearest
refuge, Mr.. Berrys room. The next day
Mayor Fnlayson caused both the bears to
be taken out on the suburbs and shot. We
echo the known sentiment of the public
when we thank the Mayor for his prompt
action in Kidding our town of a very danger
Gus nuisance. The memory of the boy at
Gainesville caused us to sudder every time
we saw those dangerous brutes.
Madison Recorder: Judge Witherspoon
reports singular occurrence in the follow
ing: Before day last Sunday morning a SER
want was dispatched to the stables to feed
the stock preparatory for an early start to
the country by some members of the
family. Returning, he was startled to see
large bright light in a tree which
stood near the house, the light appearing
to be upon a limb which hung directly
over the roof. He called for assistance
and a ladder being procured the tree was
scaled, and it was discovered that the fire
originated from a spark from the chimney
falling into the fork of the tree and feeding
upon the dry wood of the decayed limb and
other matter which found a Judgment
therein, and had aim st burned the limb in
two. Had this occurred earlier in the night
no doubt the house would have been con-
Ac haI iy.f I,a
since the day before it is presumed that the
limb had been burning all night.
Gainesville Advocate For some time past
domestic felicity has not reigned supreme
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. johnson, of North
Gainesville. On the contrary, life with
them has been very discordant, owing, it is
said to the actions of Mr.. johnson. He left
yesterday morning sometime before day
light, taking their only child. boy of four
years old, expressing his intention of driv-
ing out for few miles to collect some
money owed him. When daylight came
Mrs. johnson discovered that her husband
had taken with him all his wearing
apparel, and had evidently left with the
| child with no intention of returning. She
came to the city and had a writ issued for
the recovery of the child. The document
was placed in the hands of Deputy Collins,
who Immediately started in pursuit of the
travellers, but up to last night nothing had
been heard from them Mr.. johnson
came here from Alabama six or seven years
ago, and was shortly afterward married to
the woman he has now 50 mysteriously de-
| serted. If the child can be recovered, no
special efforts will be made to induce Mr..
johnson to return.
Pensacola Commercial: 1t has now
! transpired that the hasty construction put
upon The telegram announcing the success
of G. w. Gonzalez, in the mandamus writ
taken to the Supreme Court, was faulty,
| and that, while the associated contractors
| gained victory, the result for them is
practically defeat, as the writ was grant
ed upon the old law, which prescribes a
| license without an examination for COM
potency. The Collectors Office has been
flooded all day by colored stevedores who
have been procuring licenses, as many as
sixteen, it is said, having been licensed by
10 o'clock. 1t is highly probable, SO a re-
porter of the Commercial
is informed, that the ''poon will go to
pieces. and that it will be case of
1.-THE divil take the hindmostn 1t is posi-
lively asserted, however, that the Steve
dores' Benevolent Association No. | will
keep aloof from the colored man, and work
only on vessels employing White men exclu-
| sively. The association contractors claim
that the fight is not yet done with, and that
| it will be continued as soon as their counsel
returns to the city. Their new line of action
| will he based uDOn the law of 1870 which